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John Shand Art, Its Value, And How We See Ourselves Guest article by John Shand 1. What I wish to do is to look at the value of art in the wide human cultural context, most fundamentally indeed as part of the human condition. (more...)
Max Gottschlich Studying Philosophy at a Time of Automated Thinking Notes to the philosophy student Philosophy starts by questioning what the other sciences presuppose, the assumptions of all activity, cognition, and knowledge as a whole. (more...)
Plato’s Theory of Forms Stepping out of the shadows and into the light For every thing in the real world, there is a “perfect” image somewhere in the world of Forms. A perfect cat, a perfect tree, a perfect circle. (more...)
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Andreas Matthias Dan Demetriou on the Ethics of Colonial Monuments Philosopher interviews When is it right to remove colonial statues? When should we rewrite old books that are not politically correct any more? (more...)
The Presocratics The most important thinkers and their ideas The Presocratic philosophers were a group of thinkers who lived in ancient Greece before the time of Socrates. They were interested in understanding the natural world and the underlying principles that govern it. (more...)
Ian James Kidd Transhumanism and Misanthropy Humans are constitutively incapable of virtuous forms of life. Posthumans, of course, can aspire to much more. (more...)
When Is It Right to Break the Law? Ethics and law are not the same Ethics and the law are not the same and it can indeed be morally right, and even indicated, to break the law in certain situations. (more...)
The Universe as a Game Hermann Hesse’s Glass Bead Game (4) Hermann Hesse’s Glass Bead Game is a grand vision of a formal system that describes the hidden harmony of the universe. (more...)
Annalisa Koukouves Sartre and the Lobsters On Fear, Longing, and Love In 1935, a bad trip triggered Jean-Paul Sartre’s deep-rooted fear of sea creatures. Suddenly, he found himself surrounded by crabs and lobsters. (more...)
James Barham Monism and Dualism in the Mind-Body Problem The mind-body problem concerns the relationship between the mind and the body (or the brain). Two major philosophical views on this problem are monism and dualism. (more...)
Andreas Matthias Involuntary Heroes, Accidental Saints. Catherine Greene on Her Book “The Red Hairband” Philosopher interviews Catherine Greene is a philosopher and writer. In this interview, we discuss her new book “The Red Hairband” (more...)
The Fabled East Hermann Hesse’s Glass Bead Game (3) Hermann Hesse’s Glass Bead Game contains multiple references to Chinese philosophy and religion. We unpack Hesse’s orientalist utopia. (more...)
What is the Philosophy of Religion? Does every religion need a god? The philosophy of religion is a wide and varied field of study that is different from both theology and the history of religions. It touches metaphysics, epistemology and many other areas of philosophy. (more...)
Brad Rappaport Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, was ambivalent towards philosophy. In just the same way that philosophy purports to explain the world, so too does psychoanalysis. (more...)
The Province of the Mind Hermann Hesse’s Glass Bead Game (2) At the centre of Hermann Hesse’s Glass Bead Game is a grand vision of life in Castalia, a province of scholars. (more...)
How To Self-Study Philosophy 5 game-changing tips Here are a philosophy lecturer’s 5 tips on how to self-study philosophy as an adult learner. (more...)
Would a Society of Intellectuals Be a Better Place? Hermann Hesse’s Glass Bead Game Hermann Hesse’s ‘The Glass Bead Game’ may be his greatest novel. It combines a theory of history and education with Zen, and meditations on friendship and duty. (more...)
David Charles The Surprising Ethics of Climate Change Given that climate change is, quite literally, an existential problem, it’s strange that we’re not all rushing to solve it. (more...)
B.V.E. Hyde The Shortest History of Japanese Philosophy (2) Part 2: The Confucian Phase In this series of posts, BVE Hyde presents a short but complete history of Japanese thought. This second part focuses on Confucianism. (more...)
Ian James Kidd Misanthropes – Literary and Philosophical Book review: Misanthropy in the Age of Reason Joseph Harris (2022). Misanthropy in the Age of Reason: Hating Humanity from Shakespeare to Schiller. Oxford University Press. 304 pages. Hardcover: 73. (more...)
